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This week's caption competition

Caption competition 27

CAN you write an Economist picture caption? The excellent standard of entries in our previous competitions suggests that many of you can. Here's a new chance for you to see your wit in print.

The photograph above will accompany an article in the International section in this week's issue. It shows a visitor to the International Carrier Pigeon Exhibition in Wuhan, central China, inspecting one of the birds. Pigeon fancying is popular in China; pigeon racing, in particular, is a lucrative sport. Buyers from the East are pushing up the price of Belgian birds, which are reputedly the best in the world. Auction houses in Belgium are selling prize pigeons for as much as $250,000.

As before, it's up to you to provide the caption: please leave your suggestions in the comments thread below. The captions should be as short and snappy as possible, and ideally no more than about 30 characters long. The best contribution will appear beneath the picture in this week's print edition, which is published on Friday morning. Entries close at 8pm London time on Wednesday evening, so you've got a little more than 48 hours. The winner can truthfully claim to have written (at least a few words) for The Economist. Over to you.